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Three wars between the Roman Republic and the Samnites in Central Italy, 343–290 BC
Samnite Wars
Roman expansion in Italy from 500 BC to 218 BC through the Latin War (light red), Samnite Wars (pink/orange), Pyrrhic War (beige), and First and Second Punic War (yellow and green). Cisalpine Gaul (238-146 BC) and Alpine valleys (16-7 BC) were later added. The Roman Republic in 500 BC is marked with dark red
Date
1st: 343–341 BC
2nd: 327–304 BC
3rd: 298–290 BC
Location
Central Italy and parts of southern Italy
Result
Roman control over much of central Italy and part of southern Italy (the modern regions of Lazio, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania and Basilicata and Northern Apulia)
Belligerents
Roman Republic Latin allies Campanians
Samnites Aequi some Hernici Etruscans Umbrians Senone Gauls some northern Apulian towns
Commanders and leaders
Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus Quintus Aulius Cerretanus
Gellius Egnatius †
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The First, Second, and Third Samnite Wars (343–341 BC, 326–304 BC, and 298–290 BC) were fought between the Roman Republic and the Samnites, who lived on a stretch of the Apennine Mountains south of Rome and north of the Lucanian tribe.
The first of these wars was the result of Rome's intervention to rescue the Campanian city of Capua from a Samnite attack.
The second one was the result of Rome's intervention in the politics of the city of Naples and developed into a contest over the control of central and southern Italy.
Similarly the third war also involved a struggle for control of this part of Italy.
The wars extended over half a century, and also drew in the peoples to the east, north, and west of Samnium (land of the Samnites) as well as those of central Italy north of Rome (the Etruscans, Umbri, and Picentes) and the Senone Gauls, but at different times and levels of involvement.
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relations with Rome. After the war, Rome asserted its hegemony over southern Italy. By 290 BC, at the end of the three SamniteWars, Rome had established her...
The military campaigns of the SamniteWars were an important stage in Roman expansion in the Italian Peninsula. The Samnites were a group of hill-tribes...
named after Appius Claudius Caecus, the Roman censor who, during the SamniteWars, began and completed the first section as a military road to the south...
appointed dictator twice and led the armies of the Republic in the First SamniteWar. He occupied the curule chair twenty-one times throughout his career...
organized by date. For internal civil wars, revolts and rebellions, see List of Roman civil wars and revolts. Wars with the Latins and the Sabines (for...
the SamniteWars, the first Roman army entered the Campanian plain bringing with it the customs and traditions of Rome, and in the Roman Latin War from...
gruelling wars (the Samnitewars, 343–290 BC), during which they suffered many severe reverses, to subjugate the Samnites. Even after this, the Samnites remained...
language, also spoken by the Samnites of Southern Italy. Although the language of the Samnites was called Oscan, the Samnites were never referred to as Osci...
expanding it. This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by the war. These numbers usually include...
The Samnites were an ancient Italic people who lived in modern south-central Italy, placing them between the Latins to the north and the Greek settlements...
could be kept in being over winter during major wars). The standard levy was doubled during the SamniteWars to four legions (two per consul), for a total...
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were mentioned for the first time in 343 BC, when the Samnites declared war on them. The Samnites sought to take Teano because of its position as a regional...
the First SamniteWar broke out between Rome and the Samnites over the control of Campania. According to Livy, this war originated in Samnite attacks on...
Samnium and defeat the Samnites in several engagements. The Samnites sue for peace, thus ending the Third SamniteWar. The Samnites are recognised by the...
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use among Italic peoples long before the SamniteWars and argues that it was not obtained from the Samnites. In some parts of Italy the scutum had been...
Brutus, three times consul and twice dictator during the period of the SamniteWars, as well as Marcus and Decimus Junius Brutus, among the leaders of the...
time. During the 340s BC, the Samnites were engaged in a war with the Roman Republic in a dispute known as the SamniteWars, with Rome claiming the rich...
of Rome. 291 BC SamniteWars: Rome conquered and colonized the Samnite city of Venosa. 290 BC SamniteWars: The last effective Samnite resistance was eliminated...
4th and 3rd centuries, the SamniteWars, Latin War, and Pyrrhic War. Roman victory in the Punic Wars and Macedonian Wars established Rome as a super-regional...
defeated the Lusitanians at Ilipa, and subjugated the Boii hero of the SamniteWars instigated his "Fabian strategy" against Hannibal successful campaign...
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